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Coldest, Driest, Calmest Place on Earth Found - Yahoo! News

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:02:25 -0400

Coldest, Driest, Calmest Place on Earth Found - Yahoo! News

Two Centuries On, a Cryptologist Cracks a Presidential Code - WSJ.com

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:52:01 -0400

Two Centuries On, a Cryptologist Cracks a Presidential Code - WSJ.com

"Big rare bug found alive in remote mountain island."

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:32:57 -0400

“Big rare bug found alive in remote mountain island.”

- World’s Rarest Insect found on Rocky Spire - Boing Boing

"“The community needs to be careful what it asks for,” McCray said. “It asks for the district to be..."

Thu, 28 May 2009 12:07:34 -0400

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“The community needs to be careful what it asks for,” McCray said. “It asks for the district to be run like a corporation. This is what happens in corporate America.”

Mary McCray (President of Charlotte’s Association of Teachers) lamenting that low performing teachers were let go in cashed strapped county. The “Star” teachers let go were double dipping: Pension + Salary. That quote tells you everything you need to know on the state of public education and accountability…

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- Loss of ‘stars’ stuns schools | CharlotteObserver.com

"Our philosophy of progressive Conservatism – the pursuit of progressive goals through Conservative..."

Tue, 26 May 2009 07:49:54 -0400

“Our philosophy of progressive Conservatism – the pursuit of progressive goals through Conservative means – aims to reverse the collapse in personal responsibility that inevitably follows this leeching of control away from the individual and the community into the hands of political and bureaucratic elites.”

- A new politics: We need a massive, radical redistribution of power | David Cameron | Comment is free | The Guardian

Specter, Bank of America, Chrysler: A Bad Week for Business - BusinessWeek

Wed, 06 May 2009 09:05:09 -0400

Specter, Bank of America, Chrysler: A Bad Week for Business - BusinessWeek

Love this!

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:10:03 -0400

Love this!

"‘I asked how many employees work at USDA, and nobody really knows,’ Tom Vilsak, US..."

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:35:00 -0400

“‘I asked how many employees work at USDA, and nobody really knows,’ Tom Vilsak, US Agriculture Secretary”

- and we think the government is capable of running health care? The government can’t even run the government.

RealClearPolitics - Obama’s Budget Follies

Obama's Plan for high speed rail flawed

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:44:43 -0400

I’m all for high speed rail having to endure the NJ Transit rail commute daily. However, the administrations plan to put rail anywhere outside of the NE corridor is insane. How can rail compete with air transportation when it’s both slower and more expensive in the mid west? Plus, city density in the mid west doesn’t lend itself to public transportation, so it’s more than a little inconvienet to drop a passanger in the middle of Tulsa. Why not just get it right in Phili, NYC, DC, Boston and move out from there once the model is proven?

Obama Unveils Plan to Fund High-Speed Passenger Rail - WSJ.com

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Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:37:39 -0400

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We are small! via naurunappula.com

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:43:59 -0400

We are small!

via naurunappula.com

"Since the dawn of the Industrial Age, this has been simple: produce more with less...."

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:30:00 -0400

“Since the dawn of the Industrial Age, this has been simple: produce more with less. (“Productivity,” in economic jargon.) Mass markets developed for clothes, cars, computers and much more because declining costs expanded production. Living standards rose. By contrast, the logic of the “post-material economy” is just the opposite: spend more and get less.”

- Robert Samuelson on why Obama’s economic plans won’t work. RealClearPolitics - Articles - Obama’s Economic Mirage

Samantha Cam

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:30:10 -0500

Samantha Cam

"The people in the administration are surrounded by a galaxy of unknowns, and yet they see this..."

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:02:46 -0500

“The people in the administration are surrounded by a galaxy of unknowns, and yet they see this economic crisis as an opportunity to expand their reach, to take bigger risks and, as Obama said on Saturday, to tackle every major problem at once.”

- Op-Ed Columnist - The Big Test - NYTimes.com

Largest ship ever built...taller than the Empire state building.

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:02:34 -0500

Largest ship ever built...taller than the Empire state building.

"12 cents of every dollar is for something that could plausibly be called stimulus."

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:53:21 -0500

“12 cents of every dollar is for something that could plausibly be called stimulus.”

- Declarations: Look at the Time - WSJ.com

David Brooks on the insanity of the stimulus bill.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:58:55 -0500

David Brooks on the insanity of the stimulus bill.

"I’ll be in hell before you start breakfast, boys! Let her rip!"

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:21:38 -0500

““I’ll be in hell before you start breakfast, boys! Let her rip!””

- Tom Ketchum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

superuseless superpowers

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:26:28 -0500

superuseless superpowers

Interesting Bridge, New Construction : funpresident.com

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:24:53 -0500

Interesting Bridge, New Construction : funpresident.com